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Anti-Manchu racism played a central part in many anti-Qing ideologies, such as those of the Taipings. To what extent were such ideas popular amongst ordinary Han Chinese? Were ordinary Manchus affected? What happened to such ideas after the Qing overthrow?	152
Why is the Roman Empire after 212 AD not regarded as a nation-state?	124
It is said that the European military revolution in the early modern era was caused by innovation resulting from the endless fighting amongst the various European powers. But endless conflict was also a reality in other parts of Eurasia. Then why did a military revolution not occur anywhere else?	106
Why was the authoritative version of the 1689 Sino-Russian Treaty of Nerchinsk written in Latin? Russia is a Slavic Eastern European culture while Latin was the language of Western European Catholic and Protestant cultures, isn't it? Wouldn't the Russians have used Church Slavonic instead?	100
Why did Christian socialism never catch on, despite being developed earlier than the much more influential Marxist variant?	97
Do we have any good answer to the question of why the ancestors of the Romani/Gypsy people migrated to Europe from India?	90
Why did Ireland become such a prominent centre of Christian scholarship in the early Middle Ages?	77
Why were so many English murder mysteries written during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction (1920s-1940s) set in aristocrats' country houses? Was the prevalence of murder in these places higher than normal during this era?	54
How did the Kalmyks maintain their Buddhist faith while being completely surrounded by Orthodox Christianity and Islam on all sides? Also, did this isolation lead to Kalmyk Buddhism developing any unique features?	49
A bit of a weird question, but why did Southern African kings frequently have beer bellies?	47

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